Professor Adekunle Akeem Bakare holds a B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. His postdoctoral training was as a TWAS/CSIR Fellow on molecular genotoxicology in Lucknow, India, University of Ibadan/John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow at the UFZ, Leipzig Germany, and as an Alexander von Humboldt George Forster Experienced Researcher Fellow in Freiburg Germany. He specializes in Genetics and cellular and molecular toxicology. He has made significant well-cited contributions to genetic toxicology (environmental mutagenesis), the molecular mechanism of insecticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes, chemoprevention of environmental genomic damage, population genetics, and human molecular genetics. He started his career as a Graduate Assistant at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in 1994. In 2001, he moved to the University of Ibadan as a Lecturer II and rose through the ranks to become a FULL Professor in 2013. He has supervised 14 Ph.D and more than 150 M.Sc. students. He is a recipient of several awards and research grants, a member of many academic and professional bodies, and has participated in several national and international meetings. He has served in several administrative capacities including as Faculty Quality Assurance Officer, Director of Special Duties, Office of The Vice-Chancellor; Head of the Department of Zoology, and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Professor Bakare is the President of The Genetic Toxicology Association of Nigeria. He is a Fellow of The Zoological Society of Nigeria, a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Science, and an external examiner and expert assessor for promotion to the Professorial grade for higher Institutions in and out of Nigeria. He is an academic editor and a seasoned mentor to several academic colleagues. He is a visiting Professor of Genetics at the National University of Lesotho, Lesotho.
